There is the old saying that good news is no news. The events that attract more attention are those that are about deep troubles or crises. Good news can be a one-day event without follow-up. So do areas of little international importance where the war are waging have become forgotten like DR Congo.
There are some parts of the world that are almost daily in the news because of their impact on international affairs as they draw public interest as well as the involvement of international leaders . Iraq has been prominently in the news since 1991. There isn’t a single day in which we don’t have a report of violent deaths and destruction.
But in general people get more interested in local and regional news. International news can become of second importance if they are about a distant country. Daily news in general has to do with age group and personal interests. Economic news attracts less attention than political news except when there is a major stock market crash.
The Middle East has been at the focus of international news because it is a volatile region. The most notable countries are Israel, Iraq and Iran
But for other countries as in Africa, they are rarely in the headlines on daily basis despite the cases of refugees, diseases, famine and civil wars. Perhaps their cases don’t look newsworthy as they don’t have a great international impact.
Whatever focus news media give to a topic, the public decide what to follow or simply change for entertainment news without caring deeply about what is going on in troubled areas around the world.
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